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Director:
Vincent McEveety
Writers:
Ted Key (story)
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Release Date:
7 July 1976 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Family | Sport more
Tagline:
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Plot:
The California Atoms are in last place with no hope of moving up. But by switching the mule from team mascot to team member... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
The original sport-playing animal flick..... more (8 total)

Cast

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Edward Asner ... Hank Cooper

Don Knotts ... Coach Venner
Gary Grimes ... Andy Petrovic
Tim Conway ... Crankcase
Louise Williams ... Debbie Kovac (as Liberty Williams)

Dick Van Patten ... Cal Wilson
Ronnie Schell ... Joe Barnsdale

Bob Crane ... Pepper
Johnny Unitas ... Johnny Unitas
Dick Butkus ... Rob Cargil

Harold Gould ... Charles Gwynn
Tom Bosley ... Spinner
Titos Vandis ... Papa Petrovic
Hanna Hertelendy ... Mama Petrovic
Liam Dunn ... Dr. Morgan
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Photophone System)
Certification:
Iceland:L | Australia:G | USA:G | Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario)
Filming Locations:
Golden Oak Ranch - 19802 Placerita Canyon Road, Newhall, California, USA more
Company:
Walt Disney Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The chase scene playing on the drive-in screen is from Disney's 'Million Dollar Duck, The (1971)', also directed by Vincent McEveety. more
Movie Connections:
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The original sport-playing animal flick....., 25 August 2006
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Author: Seth Nelson from (Near) D/FW Airport, Texas, USA

Disney, as well as the movie business, was on a mission; a boy with a gu...an idea. (LOL) An idea so grand, so original, this began a new family sub-genre: that of the sport-playing animal movie. And it happened one time in 1976, with the live action film "Gus," about a donkey mascot who played football!!!!!

I've never seen this movie, though I have seen a part of it on one of the "Air Bud" movies, and I have heard about how great this film was, which convinced me to come here and talk about this film! After Gus, we would see similar movies: "Air Bud," who not only excelled at basketball, but football, soccer, baseball, volleyball, and I think there's going to be "Air Buddies" coming soon, and "M.V.P.," which had a chimp who was pro at hockey and extreme skateboarding. Most of these are Canadian, who might have liked this movie so much that a sports-playing dog and chimp have come into business!!!!!

"Gus" is a great film that brought the animal movies to the max!!!!!

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